Adding further evidence that life sciences transport is “the new black” in the global transportation business, UPS has entered into a “definitive purchase agreement” to acquire Marken, A U.K.-based supply-chain company focusing on pharmaceuticals and life sciences. UPS plans to use Marken’s clinical supply-chain services to bolster its position across the life sciences market, and[…]
Unloading relief supplies in Port-au-Prince In response to last month’s devastating hurricane that ravaged the southern coast of Haiti, a consortium of logistics-based relief groups have partnered with their respective industries to implement a complete delivery chain, including last-mile solutions to remote and inaccessible disaster zones such as Haiti’s Grand’Anse and Sud departments, where Hurricane[…]
After securing one of the most noteworthy e-commerce deals of the year, it was expected that Atlas Air would report a loss for the third quarter, related to expenses incurred for the agreement to operate freighters for online retailer Amazon. But the immediate future appears rosy for parent company Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) as[…]
Stavros Evangelakakis, Cargolux Early last month, Cargolux launched a new weekly route from its home base in Luxembourg directly to Rafael Hernández Airport (BQN) in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. That may not seem like a logical cargo route, considering that the American commonwealth in the Caribbean has been enduring a crippling recession for the last two[…]
Monkfish was originally known as goosefish, sea urchins were called “whore’s eggs” and orange roughy was once known as slimehead. That US$30 serving of Chilean sea bass was once known as Patagonian toothfish and unceremoniously tossed back into the ocean by fishermen looking for catch they could actually sell. As air cargo connections between Latin[…]
About nine months after Danish freight forwarder DSV closed on the purchase of U.S.-based UTi Worldwide, the rewards are beginning to be noticed in the financial figures, as DSV report significant growth in both volume and net revenue for the third quarter. According to DSV, overall freight volumes rose by 84.5 percent, compared to the[…]
